The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

cess.
The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals has been organized
since 1866.
If you happen to see a small boy
chasing bumble-bee you will know
when he yells that he has caught it.
Buffalo has a woman contractor.
Her name is Mrs. :. u. Holloway. and
she has Just secured the contract tor
cleaning the streets OF that city for five
years by bid Of $4,000.
The Fire Department CT New York
has 1872 men in It's employ, two float
ing engines or fire boats, 277 horses and
159. sos feet of hose. The cost of MAIN
tanning the department is OYER 81, Geo.
0GO annually.
HELLO. Jack. where You becn?"
Collecting" What sUccess?" Bad.
I've rummaged the city from one end
to another, and l can't find man that
owes me q cent. philadelphia Nous.
"A ditch will soon be built from
Rogus river, running through Sans
valley, Oregon, and will irrigatc about
100000 acres of land that is now Of
comparatively little value, because of
the great lack of water.
THAT is cool" observed Spillins,
rs the plumbers bill for 81 lteen dollars
for stopping a leak was handed to hir.
at may be cool, replied the man with
the bill, "but it is not collected. =
Pitts5urgE Chronicle.
A Mexican paper says the condition
of the very poor in the City of Mexico
is most lamentable. Neither Naples
nor Constantinople in their lowest
quarters can show worse squalor or
more saddening spectacles.
There's some cloud resting on
Squander. Every time l meet him he
is gloomier than before. He must owe
a lot of money" That isn't what
troubles him, though. It's because he
can't owe any more. ''-T0wls Topics.
Probably the biggest yoke of oxen
in the world were on exhibition at the
Eastern Maine State Fair. They were
raised in Vermont. and measure ten
feet in girth and actually weigh 1000
pounds. 1t cost to raise them up to
their great weight over $1,000.
An interesting addition to the
population of Calaveras County, Cal,
is promised, in the shape of a colony of
japanese farmers. Land has been
bought for them near Valley Springs,
and two pioneer members of the colony
are already at work on it.
DR. Snow, of Danbury, Conn. has
a cat and parrot that are firm friends.
The parrot escap ped from the cage and
flew out of the window, when the cat
exhibited the greatest distress, and on
the DOCTORS return from call made
plain to him by her actions what had
happened.
"A curious landslip occurred on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire railway not
long ago. A passenger train was pass
ing Spring Vale station when the track
and platform sunk two feet, the train
sinking and rising ike vessel on the
waves. No injury to passengers re-
suited.
"A nine-year-old child in Bayside,
n. J., while playing in the street was
swept from her feet by the torrent
pouring down a gutter after a rain
storm, carried for thirty feet through a
twenty four-i2ch pipe under the Jersey
Central tracks, but rescued as she was
being carried into the tidewater creek.
"A cat belonging to Boston family
is used to travelling, being taken TO the
country every season when the family
goes. This year she had kitten that
she was anxious about, and as soon as
the signs of approaching migration
she packed her little one into
a partially filled trunk lest it should lie
overlooked.
-Detective-"You wish to see me,
sir?" Citizen-"Yes; L have been
robbed of package of money"
"How?" 81 entrusted it to a messen-
ger boy and he has not been heard of |
since" ''How long agoP' Ten
hours; l suppose he is half way to
Canada by this time" 20, no; he
can't be more than five or six blocks |
off; I'll look for him. "-OmahG World |
Daniel Rogers, miner near Ora,
Arizona, had both hands blown off at |
the wrist 10y a premature discharge of |
giant powder recently. He was alone.
and he walked two miles to a deserted
cabin, where he bound up the stumps
of his wrists after fashion with pieces
of curtain, which he tore with his
teeth. He travelled all night, during
which time his trousers became loose
and dropped around his feet. He kicked
off his shoes and the trousers, and at six
o'clock was found lying unconscious
near Mexican cabin. He was taken
to a hospital and is getting well.
An American mother travelling in
France offered half-fare ticket for her
son, who lacked several months of the
full-fare age. The collector looked
at the child and at her.
Your son, is he under seven, madame?'
''He is. monsieur" Your son is very
large for his age, madame .'He is.
monsieur" Your son is altogether too
large for his age, madame" snapped
the man, exasperated at the Americans
GOODNESS. "Oui, monsieur. that may
be, " retorted the mother, calmly. HE
is not French, you see."
-Four weeks ago Farmer c. S. Van
Horne, of Mill Point. N. Y. went home
from the wheat field with n sore throat |